Clinicians Gain New Insights With the Use of Wearable Technologies
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earable devices provide innovative solutions for various major issues in the healthcare industry.
For example, wearable technologies enable continuous and remote monitoring of biochemical parameters as well as human physical activities and behaviors.
The most commonly measured data include vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature, as well as blood oxygen saturation, glucose levels, and physical activities through the use of electrocardiogram (ECG), ballistocardiogram (BCG) and other devices.
In recent years, wearable medical devices have evolved and can now be attached to the user's skin, similar to a patch. In addition, with the more advanced devices, users can embed sensors into the environment, such as chairs, car seats and mattresses. To make the devices efficient and user friendly, a smartphone is typically used to collect information and transmit it to a remote server for storage and analysis. And according to a report by HIMSS, there are two major types of wearable devices.
Some devices have been developed for healthcare professionals to monitor walking patterns, including the accelerometer, multi-angle video recorders, and gyroscopes. While other devices have been developed for health consumers, including on-wrist activity trackers such as Fitbit. Overall, the wearable medical devices market value is projected to reach USD 14.41 Billion by 2022 from USD 6.22 Billion in 2017 and at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.3%, according to a report by MarketsandMarkets. Nemaura Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ NMRD), Fitbit, Inc. (NYSE FIT), Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ MASI), Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (NASDAQ TNDM), Medtronic plc (NYSE MDT)
Some of the data monitoring necessary for users can be complicated and depend on several variables. For examples, both patients and healthcare providers need to track many factors that influence blood glucose dynamics including medication, activity, diet, stress, sleep quality and more.
All of these factors are necessary in order to effectively manage diabetes. And thanks to recent innovation, consumer technologies are helping the diabetic community to properly monitor data in real-time. In order to make monitoring and analytics of data effective, wearable devices must be integrated with each other as well as various apps.
According to MedCity News, Courtney Lias, Director of the Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices Office, part of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, spoke strongly in support of developing interoperable devices that could wirelessly communicate not only with each other but with other digital apps. Thanks to such interoperability the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) is possible. In fact, the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) is a market segment on its own, and it is expected to surpass USD 5.6 Billion by the end of 2025, according to Renub Research.
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